[kramer5150]

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current setup at the new headphones cave.
 

Thats all you need...
Good cans, DAC, amp
Good tunes
Good cave
Good throne
Good companion
Macbook pro and a groovy bit-stream

 

[kramer5150]

great looking setups!!

 

[hifimanrookie]

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I have yet to experience what 10K+ good feels like, so no comments there 
 
Agreed on the speakers

Yeah me too..i wish i could try one of those godlike cans one day in my life..just to see what the difference could be to my excellent he500.. Its a wish. 

 

[Destroyer95]

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What headphones are those HiFiGuy528? The new Denons?

 
That are the D7100

 

[LugBug1]

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Yeah me too..i wish i could try one of those godlike cans one day in my life..just to see what the difference could be to my excellent he500.. Its a wish. 

About 10% apparently...
 
Which is a lot when you get to that stage... But boy is it going to cost us ha!

 

[MorbidToaster]

There's more than 10% to be improved over the HE500, IMO.
 
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About 10% apparently...
 
Which is a lot when you get to that stage... But boy is it going to cost us ha!

 

[hifimanrookie]

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There's more than 10% to be improved over the HE500, IMO.
 

Even if its 100% improvement..realistically its more then 100 % more expensive..but still i wanna hear one one day..just to hear what an almost perfect headphone would sound like..

 

[MorbidToaster]

Yeah but even at $700 for the HE-500, you gave up absolute price / performance a long time ago.
 
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Even if its 100% improvement..realistically its more then 100 % more expensive..but still i wanna hear one one day..just to hear what an almost perfect headphone would sound like..

 

[LugBug1]

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Yeah but even at $700 for the HE-500, you gave up absolute price / performance a long time ago.
 

Thats true.

 

[hifimanrookie]

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Thats true.

I agree also..but i mean compared to a minimal acceptable soundquality..for me the he500 delivers almost high end sound for minimal price..compared to the real top dogs.. Ofcourse a 100 euro bud has a better price performance then a he500.. I think for hifiman the phone with best perfomance/ price is the he300 no question about it..for 249 euro it performs wonderfully for the price..the he500 for sure dont perform more then 100% better 

 

[HeatFan12]

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I've always considered using studio monitors as hi-fi monitors. Must be pretty darn nice.

 
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Thanks HeatFan12, I couldn't agree more 

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I don't know if you remember but thanks to your thread comparing the Audioengine and the Rokit that I ended up deciding on getting the Rokit 6 and I am soooo glad I did - I'm also glad that I got the Rokit 6 over the Rokit 5 much fuller sound without the need for a subwoofer
 

 
 

 

[MorbidToaster]

Studio monitors and a lot of hi-fi speakers supposedly want to accomplish the same goal. Flat line transparency. Of course this hardly ever actually happens.
 
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[LugBug1]

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I agree also..but i mean compared to a minimal acceptable soundquality..for me the he500 delivers almost high end sound for minimal price..compared to the real top dogs.. Ofcourse a 100 euro bud has a better price performance then a he500.. I think for hifiman the phone with best perfomance/ price is the he300 no question about it..for 249 euro it performs wonderfully for the price..the he500 for sure dont perform more then 100% better 

Yeah the HE500 is probably the best of the bunch regarding price per performance. But they are still expensive compared to hp's a few years ago. Having lived with the 650's for several years and then diving into HE500 and LCD2 the price doesn't justify the better SQ. Even though the sound is better. If they were a few hundred bucks more then yes it would make more sense. But it's big business now... Anyways this is clearly a derailer, so I'll stop  

 

[giraffe]

My home office setup, where I spend most of my time.
 

 

[hifimanrookie]

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My home office setup, where I spend most of my time.
 
 

Nice pic..and am glad u didnt mention the word humble